News & Events

October 31, 2022

BARC Connects Planned Maintenance Activity – November 1, 2022

BARC Connects customers in Bratton’s Run, Goshen, Craigsville and Millboro Springs may be affected by maintenance on the main fiber line due to damage sustained from the remnants of Hurricane Ian. Maintenance has been scheduled for November 1, 2022 between...
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June 30, 2022

BARC Connects Planned Maintenance Activity – July 12-13

BARC Connects Consumers: On June 17th, our area was hit with a severe storm that damaged some fiber on our network. BARC crews will be making repairs to that damage necessitating a maintenance window on Tuesday, July 12th starting at...
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June 16, 2022

BARC Connects Planned Maintenance Activity – June 19-20, 2022

BARC Connects Consumers: You may recall this past January that we had a fiber outage along Route 11, Fairfield north, due to a fiber cut. Though many of the repairs are complete from this outage, there is one repair that...
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May 22, 2022

SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2022: BARC CONNECTS NETWORK OUTAGE

Our BARC Connects network is completely down this morning. Our staff is looking into the issue now to determine the cause of the service disruption. We appreciate your patience and will provide updates as they are available.
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May 2, 2022

BARC Connects April 2022 Fiber Construction Update

Mother Nature has been keeping us all on our toes with mixed weather across the region as springtime in Virginia always offers a few surprises. Though BARC has seen many surprises during broadband construction, progress continues on network expansion to...
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April 8, 2022

April 8, 2022 Fiber Outage in Rockbridge County

Outage Update as of 7:40 am Overnight, crews discovered some downed fiber while making repairs for an electric outage that had occurred. At this time, there are about 11 BARC Connects consumers impacted by this fiber outage along Blue Grass...
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March 28, 2022

March 2022 Fiber Construction Update

Fingers are crossed that the wintry weather is behind us, and we are turning the corner into springtime! Flowers are beginning to bloom across the region and our broadband projects are moving along in full swing. We have a few...
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March 9, 2022

BARC Connects Fiber Construction Update: Cornwall East / Irish Creek Project Area – March 9, 2022

We are pleased to announce that BARC contractors were able to complete the 4 required railroad crossings today in the Cornwall East / Irish Creek project area. Crews are already working on splicing the mainline fiber getting us to closer...
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March 1, 2022

BARC Connects Fiber Construction Update: Cornwall East / Irish Creek Project Area – March 1, 2022

It is with great frustration that we provide an update on the BARC Connects Cornwall East / Irish Creek project area: As we have stated in the past, this project area requires four railroad crossings to be completed before BARC’s...
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